Faucet.



C. F. WRAY.

FAUGET. 'AYPLIUATIOH FILED ma. 22. 1912.

1,046,531. A Patented nee. 1(1,i1912r ject to puovide Aof the fancethandle, all as-will be further.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

F. WRAY, OF ROCHESTER', NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 NATIONAL BRASS KFG'.

CO., OF ROCHESTER, NEW'YOBK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Application led August 22, 1.912. Serial No. 716,403.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. Waar, of Rochester, in the countyV ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Faucets; and I do hereby declare the followingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accom.- panying drawingv forming a part of this specification, andto the reference-numerals marked'thereon.

My present invention :relates to faucets, particularly those adapted foruse in connection with tanks or receptacles containing liquids, of whichit is desirable to prevent the unauthorized removal', by keeping saidfaucets locked when they are closed.

To this end my invention has for its obconstruction and arrangement ofthe p'arts described in the following specification, the novel feiii 'esthereof being pointed out in the claim a pended to this specification.

In tlefl'rawings: Figure l is a side elevat'on ilustrating a faucethaving a handle 4c xslrueted in accordance with my present intention;Fig. is a similar view, the' handle being shown in section and elevatedinto vwell known\type preferably known asa cast brass bib, comprisingthe body 1, having the downwardy turned outlet or spout 2. The body 1 ishollow and contains the valve seat with'. which coperates the valve heado r plug, the upper projecting end of which, indicated .by 3, isflattened on its opposite sides, as shown particularly at Fig. 3. Theforward edge of this flattened portion is cut away, or rounded asindicated by 4, and at its4 rear side it is substantially square asindicated at 5, to provide a locking shoulder which coperates with thehandle to maintain the, latter in the horizontal position, as shown "inFig. 2.

The handle indicated by 6 is preferably stamped from sheet metal in theform shown, providing the ears 7-7 at opposite sides of the centralvconnecting web portion 8` ears extending over and embracing oppocertainnovel features in the preferably valve plug is. obviated site sides ofthe end 3 of the valve plug. The ears 7 preferably extend forwardly tothe outer extremity, and at the rear end of the handle they arerein-forced by drawing down the metal at the end of the central web S,as indicated by 8*", so that the corners are neatly rounded by .theaction of the metal in dies during the stamping operation. The web mayalso extend in the lform of a tongue Sb to close the space between theears 7*? in rear of the valve head extension 3. A particular advantageis'obtained in this construction in that tongue 8b and 8a the ears T-Tform a hood which completely incloses the end of the valve stem andcovers its upper surface which would otherwise be exposed, preventingthe lodgment of foreign' substances.

Near its forward end thehandle4 is provided with a cured portion,indicated by 9, which is made of such a shape as to conform closely tothe rounded side or contour of the downwardly extending end 2. T hispermits the center of the handle to lie in close engagement with thebody of the faucet when is in the closed position, shown in Fig. 1,

and the sides of this part of the handle also engaging the rounded edgeof the faucets the body at each side of the center prevent The handle`from being moved laterally.

center portion of the handle at the point 9,

is also provided with an aperture or slot-l0, adapted to receive an eyevor staple l1,

preferably cast integrally with the body l adapted to receive the haspofa padlock or other suitable locking device as shown in Fig. l. The eye11 is made of such a size that when the haspy of the padlock is insertedthe latter `is held in rather close engagement withthe surface of thehandle, thus the handle itself is also held in engagement with the body.of the faucet and as the ears 7--7 are on opposite sides of the curve ofthe faucet body, any lateral movement of the handle which would tend tooperate the without depending upon contact between the sides ofthe eyeand the edges of the slot 10. This arrangement prevents the handle'from' being pried laterally to shear off the eye with only a slightforce, making it necessary't-hat a force be applied sufficient to` tearolf the eye, by other means than movement of the handle before of thefaucet and with 'zov

the valve can be opened. The tip of the handle, indicted `Toy l1a iscurved outwaidly oi'.upward1y,'s1ightly for the dual purpose f'facilitating raising the handle, by the .operators finger/send alsofol-,holding the padlock, or other"l locking device 12, out- :Wnidly'atelight angle away from the end of the spout, thus preventing the latterfrom receiving `the drippings' t-hei-efo'm.

lcla'im 'as .my invention:

y yThe combination .with a faucet compris'- 'cheifge endand having avalve seat, and a. rot-atable'yalve head eopeiavting therewithpr'oyided- Wthan upwardly extending latrounded-corner and at its rearside a shouln 'tened -end having upon its forward side a L der, ofAagnietatl handle having two side ears land acenti'a'l'connectingportion embracingV and fitting over said lttened end and pivotedthereto, thel shoulder coperating with the central port-'ion of thehandle to limit its ymm'enient upwardly in ai substantially horizontal.positionnnd the rounded edge permitting the movement of the' handle in adownward direction into engagement ywith the body of the faucet, saidhandle having CHARLES FfWRAJ. wWitnesses. I

G. TILL-Ann RICH, H. E. STONEBRAKER.

